Adjustable harrow and drag



June 2, 1925. 1,540,549

W. A. EARHART ADJUSTABLE mmow Am: DRAG Original Filed A ril 3. 1922 Patented June 2, 1925..

UNITED. STATES WILLIAM A. EARHART, or EAST nanronnvrnenvm.

ADJUSTABLE HARROW -AND DRAG. ,1

Application filed April 3, 1922, Serial No. 549,038.1 Renewed March 3-, 1925.

To all whom it may con-0cm:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAMA. EARHART, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Radford, in the county of 'Montgomery and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Harrows and Drags, of which-the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates to farming implements, and more particularly to that class known as harrows and drags.

An object of the present invention is to provide a harrow which may be adjusted so, as to dispose its teeth at the desired angle and which may also be adjusted transversely for off-setting the teeth longitudinally from one another. i

Another object of the invention is to provide a harrow which may be adjusted for operation ineither direction so that the implement may be operated by draft from either end.

A further objectof the inventionis to provide a harrow with teeth which are adjustable in such wise as to permit of the sharpening of the teeth by dragging the harrow over the ground, and which permits of the simultaneous and equal adjustment of all of the teeth oftheharrow to preserve uniformity in the angular adj ustmentthereof.

A still furtherfeature-of this invention is the provision 'ofa combined harrow and drag which maybe made of stock material; which requires no peculiarly constructed parts and which may be assembled or built up from beams, bolts and the like with but slight andinconsequential changes. r

The invention also embodies the detachable mounting of the harrow teeth or cross members and in the adjustment of the cross members for tilting the same about their longitudinal axes to dispose their lower ground contacting faces at various inclinations according to the character of work to be done by the implement when used as a drag.

\Vith the foregoing and other objects in View, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

In the drawings, wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the severalviews,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a combined harrow and drag constructed according to the present invention;

Fig. 2' is a detail sectional view taken on the hne 2-2 of F 1g. 4:, showing the manner of holding the teeth in oneof the cross memb Fig. 3 is a similar view takenon the line 3+8 of Fig. 4: showing the mounting of one of the operating arms on an adjacent. cross member; and, i

Fig. 4: is a top planof the device, illustrating the transverse adjustment of the cross members.

Referring to the drawing, 10 designates a plurality of cross bars or members which are held in longitudinal spaced apartv relation by a pair of side bars 11. The side bars 11 may be in any desired number according to the size of the implement and the cross memberslO may also be in any desired number to meet conditions required in the size of the device. I

For securing the cross members 10 to the side barsll, the cross members 10 are pro vided with eye'bolts 12 which have their heads-projecting from the upper sides of the cross members and which are secured; by nuts or the like counter-sunk in theilower sides of the cross members to provide smooth and uninterrupted lower faces thereof. The eye-bolts 12 are hingedly connected to heads of eye-bolts 13 which are securedin inverted position in theside bars 11 to provide hinged connections between the side bars and cross members j and upon which the cross members may swing as is indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. Removably fitted at suitablyspaced intervals throughout the lengths of the cross members 10 are teethll of suitable configuration for use on a harrow and which project downwardly from the cross members for en gagement in the surface of the ground.

As shown in Fig. 4, the cross members 10 may be secured in transversely spaced relation to the side bars 11, or may be given any other suitable adjustment depending upon the position of the eye-bolts 12 in the cross members.

. Each cross member 10 is provided at an be provided with handles 17 on opposite ends by means of which the tie bar may be shifted lengthwise from either end of the harrow to swing the arms 15 to the desired angle. i

For the purpose of holding the arms 15 in adjusted position, a diagonal locking bar 18 is used. One end-of the bar 18 is pivoted by a bolt 19, to an end rocking arm 15 near the lower end thereof. The bar 18 extends upwardly toward the other end of the har- I'OV'itfld is detachably secured thereto by a bolt 20 whichis carried on the opposite end arm 15 near the top thereof and which is adjustably engaged inaselected one of a row of openings 21 formed in the upper end of the locking bar 18.

The side bars 11 are provided on opposite ends with connecting straps 22 or the like which are pivotally connected by bolts 23 to the ends of the side bars so that draft animals or a draft devicefmay be coupled to either end of the harrow for dragging the same ineither direction: thus sharpening the teeth.

Asshown at the bottom of Fig. 4, a connecting bar or plate 2a may be used for coupling together a number of the barrows thus constructed, the bar 24 having openings in opposite ends to receive the upper ends of. the burrow teeth 14 therethrough, the-adjacent end teeth l i'ot' adjacent harrows being used for couplingpur-poses.

It is thought the use of the device is apparent-for when the barrow is drawn in one direction, the tilting arms lamay be adjusted to swing the teeth 140i the harrow to thedesired angle ineither a forward direction for cutting into the surface of the earth or may be swung backwardlyfor slrarpening'the teeth for other purposes as may be found desirable during the use of the device. It is also apparent that when it is desired to draw the device in an opposite direction the arms 15 may be quickly adjusted int-o a reverse position for accomplishing the same purpose While the device is being drawn in the opposite direction.

When the implement is to be used as a drag, the teeth 14 are removed and the cross members 10 may thus be adjusted to present their lower flat faces at the desired inclination to the surface of the ground as is found expedient during use.

The entire device is composed of a compact assemblage and relation of stock pieces of eye-bolts, and beams and thus affords a very economical and practical device for all uses to which a harrow or draw may be put. I

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of remote arms for rigidly holding the same in adjusted position.

2. A-combined barrow and drag comprising a pair of side members, cross members arranged beneath theside members, interfitting eye-bolts carried respectively-upon the side and cross members for hingedly connecting the latter to the side members,

an arm upstanding from each cross member,

a tie bar pivotally connected across the upper ends ot'gsaid arms, a locking bar pivoted at one end to thelower end of one arm and having a row of openings in its opposite end, and a bolt carried by another arm and selectively engaged in one of said openings for holding said arms in various positions of adjustment.

In testimony whereof I, 'afiix my signature.

WILLIAM A. EARHART. 

